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The US embassy in Nigeria has announced that its offices in Abuja and Lagos would be closed on Monday in honour of Labour Day celebrated in the US. Labour Day is celebrated in the US on the first Monday of September. The embassy announced this in a tweet on Friday. The embassy noted that consular services would not be available on Monday. The tweet read: “HOLIDAY CLOSURE: The U.S. Embassy in Abuja and the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2019 to commemorate Labor Day. “No consular services will be available on this date. #HappyLaborDay to all those celebrating.” The embassy had also insisted in a statement that its reciprocity fees for Nigerians applying for tourism, student and business visas would remain for now.

The Buhari Media Organisation says the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have hatched a plot to smear the character of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed, ahead of the September 13 judgement of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. It alleged that this was the outcome of a recent strategy meeting of PDP leaders and the former Vice President in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The BMO said in a statement on Friday by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju, and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, that it had credible information that Abubakar and the PDP, fearing near-certain loss at the Tribunal, were preparing the ground for an appeal at the Supreme Court. The group said one of their strategies for a favourable outcome at the Supreme Court is to force the CJN to recuse himself from the Supreme Court panel to hear the appeal. The statement said: “We want to alert Nigerians of a devious plot concocted by PDP elements in their usual haven of d...

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles settled for Silver medal after they fell to a 2-0 defeat to Burkina Faso in the final of the men’s football event at the 12th All Africa Games in Rabat, Morocco, reports Completesports.com . The Paul Aigbogun’s charges conceded twice in the first half of the encounter played at the Stade Moulay Hassan. Despite spirited efforts to find their way back into the game, the Flying Eagles were unable to breach the Burkina Faso defence in the second half. Both teams battled to a 1-1 draw in the group stage, but Burkina Faso proved their superiority over the Flying Eagles this time around. Nigeria last won an All Africa Gold medal in the 1973 edition.

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has given his thoughts on Tammy Abraham's omission from Gareth Southgate's recently released squad list. Despite scoring two goals against Norwich last weekend, the 21-year-old centre-forward didn't make England's list for the upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Kosovo and Bulgaria. Reacting to the player's snub, Lampard believes the intense competition for place in Southgate's attacking frontline is the main reason for Abraham's omission. "With Tammy, there is competition up front. Hopefully it's a matter of time for Tammy. But with the competition to start, it's Gareth's choice,'' the Blues boss told  reporters on Friday.   Lampard also praised the player's attitude during a tough week at Stamford Bridge in which he lost a decisive spot kick against Liverpool, and he was a victim of a racist attack. Abraham will hope to continue his newfound goalscoring form when the Blues play host to Sheffie...

A Mazda bus travelling from Lagos overtook and collided with the Toyota bus travelling on the opposite direction of the road. At least six persons were killed in a head-on collision between two commercial buses at Ogere on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. About 24 persons, including two children were injured in the crash. The crash occurred on Friday. The auto crash involving a white Toyota bus with registration number ABC 932 XJ and a Mazda bus, FST 820 XD, was caused by speeding and dangerous overtaking. A Mazda bus travelling from Lagos overtook and collided with the Toyota bus travelling on the opposite direction of the road. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Clement Oladele, said the crash occurred around 8.30 am. He said the crash could have been avoided if motorists had strictly adhered to construction speed of maximum of 50 kilometers per hour and refrained from overtaking around construction zones. He said, “A total number of 30 people made up of 19 male adul...

The officer, identified as one ASP Fatai, reportedly collected the money to fuel the vehicle that would be taken to the scene of the incident for on-the-spot investigation, reports Punch. Sunday Eni-Idum, the younger brother of a late cleaner, Francis Eni-Idum reportedly killed in the Ilupeju area of Lagos by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad has accused an Assistant Superintendent of Police at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, of collecting N5,500 to investigate the murder. The officer, identified as one ASP Fatai, reportedly collected the money to fuel the vehicle that would be taken to the scene of the incident for on-the-spot investigation, reports Punch. The family also laments that an autopsy has yet been carried out on the corpse one month after the incident as the cost of embalmment continues to pile up at the Mainland Hospital Mortuary, Yaba. A SARS team from the state police command had on Monday, July 15, around 7am, chased so...

This breakthrough technology is the product of Israeli development, by Prof. Sarah Farber, "I am excited and proud that Israel is the first place in the world that can begin to talk about the cure of diabetes" A new method for the treatment of diabetes patients will transform the patient’s liver into an organ that produces insulin. The first trial of its kind in humans will begin next week at the  Rambam Medical Center . Medicine today is still unable to offer treatment that will cure millions of diabetics worldwide. In these patients, the pancreas is damaged and therefore the beta cells do not produce insulin, which is needed by the body to bring blood sugar into the cells of the body. These people’s lives depend on the daily injection of insulin into the body. The liver cells will become pancreatic cells The first study of its kind in the world, which will start next week at Rambam Medical Center, together with  Orgenesis , a cell and gene therapy technology ...